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Parshotam for Plaintiff \par Defendant in Person \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15542888 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 RULING \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15542888 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par On the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 9th of February 1995}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 this Court in a }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 mortgage action'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 ordered the defendant to deliver to the plaintiff bank on or before }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 6th March}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 , vacant possession of a residential property which was the subject matter of the plaintiff bank's mortgage and then occupied by the defendant. \par \par {\*\bkmkstart QuickMark}{\*\bkmkend QuickMark}On the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 27th of February }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 the defendant lodged a }{ \b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Notice of Appeal}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 against the above order and subsequently on the }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 1st of March}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 the defendant filed the present application seeking an order}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15542888 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 "... that all proceedings in the action b e stayed until the final determination of Appeal No. ABU0012 of 1995."}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15542888 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par The application was heard on the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 15th of March}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 .}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 }{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 The defendant who has appeared in person throughout the proceedings, referred to the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{ \i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 grounds of appeal'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 and submitted that he was not given a }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 fair trial'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 , by which, he meant, that the Court ought to have dismissed the plaintiff bank's }{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 mortgage action'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 .}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 The effect the defendant says, of refusing a stay would be that he would lose his }{ \i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 family home'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 and thereby render nugatory any successf ul appeal. \par \par In opposing the application for a stay, counsel for the plaintiff bank referred to the many months that have elapsed since the }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 mortgage action'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 was first commenced in }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 July 1994}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 and the continuing absence of any tender of payment }{\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 or}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 any offer by the defendant/mortgagor to redeem the plaintiff bank's mortgage over the property.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 }{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 In counsel's words}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 }{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 "... staying proceedings would simply defer the inevitable"}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 . \par \par As for the loss of his }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 family home'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 counsel replied that that was a calculated }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 risk'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 th e defendant knowingly and voluntarily undertook when he agreed to mortgage it to the plaintiff bank. \par \par The }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Fiji Court of Appeal}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 in }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 K.R. Latchan Bros. Ltd. v. Sunbeam Transport and 2 Others}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Civil Appeal Nos. 45, 51, 57 & 61 of 1983 (unreported)}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 in discussing the general principles concerning stay pending appeal, referred to }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Rule 25}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 of the }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Court of Appeal Rules}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 which is in identical terms to }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Order 59 rule 13}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 of the }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Supreme Court Rules}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 in }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 England}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 and said at }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 p.8}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 :}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15542888 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 "All the cases annotated under Order 59/13, an d indeed the wording of (Rule 25) contemplate delaying some action which would have flowed from the decision.}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Stay of such action may be granted pending an appeal so that, if successful, the result should not be rendered nugatory.}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 In the absence of a stay, money may be paid over, which given a reversal on appeal might be irrecoverable}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 ;}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 An occupier of land might be dispossessed and buildings demolished}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 ;}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 accounts might be taken which need not be revealed}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 ;}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 the holder of patent or the proprietor of a secret process might be required to submit to inspection and so on.}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 All these are positive steps which are encompassed by the words }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 execution or proceeding' flowing as a consequence of a judgment ..."}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15542888 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par In my view the principle to be applied in the exercise of the Court's discretion to grant a stay is one of balancing all the factors involved so as to best meet the overall justice of the case and in fairness to all parties.}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 The factors to be considered includes - the nature and strength of the applicant's claim or appeal}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 ;}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 the likely delay in hearing the appeal}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 ;}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 the extent of prejudice to the successful party in being denied the fruits of its judgment}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 ;}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 the risk of prejudice to the applicant should the appeal be successful}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 ;}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 and the conduct of the parties before and after judgment was delivered. \par \par In this latter regard the defendant I am satisfied has moved speedily in seeking a stay.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 His delay in not bringing a so-called }{ \i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 related'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Civil Action No. 97/92}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 to a final conclusion has not however been satisfactorily explained.}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 I say }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 so-called'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 because although numerous references were made to }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Civil Action 97/92}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 , no application to consolidate it with the present action was ever made, }{ \b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 nor}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 were the relevant papers filed in }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Civil Action 97/92}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 placed before the Court by way of annexures to the defendant's affidavit opposing the plaintiff bank's originating summons. \par \par In the result this Court has had to rely solely on the parties to inform it as to the nature of the defendant's claim(s) in }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Civil Action 97/92}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 upon which there has been little certainty or unanimity. \par \par As for the }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 extent of prejudice'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 to the plaintiff bank in whose favour an injunction and an order for vacant possession has been made, learned counsel submits that the arrears and interest on the defendant's mortgage debt }{ \i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 (which cannot be seriously disputed)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 continues to mount daily to the detriment of all parties including the successful tenderer for the defendant's property. \par \par Against this must be balanced however the }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 '}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 risk of prejudice'}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 to the defendant, should he succeed in his appeal, of not only being temporarily dispossessed of his family home but, in the particular circumstances of this case, there is the very real possibility that the property will be irrecoverably lost. \par \par Indeed it is difficult to envisage a case which comes closer to the headnote of }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 Linotype - Hell Finance Ltd. v. Baker}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 (1992) 4 ALL E.R. 887}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6710446 where it was}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15542888 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 "}{\b\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 held}{ \b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 :}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 when an unsuccessful defendant seeks a stay of execution pending an appeal to the Court of Appeal, it is a legitimate ground for granting the a pplication that the defendant is able to satisfy the Court that without a stay of execution he will be ruined and that he has an appeal which has some prospect of success."}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15542888 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par I confess that this factor has weighed heavily with the Court and finally persuaded me that the ends of justice will be best met by ordering a stay of proceedings pending the determination of the defendant's appeal. \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tqc\tx3968\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15542888 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 (D.V. Fatiaki) \par }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 JUDGE \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15542888 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par At Suva, \par 13th April, 1995.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15542888 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15542888 HBC0331D.94S}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2296602\charrsid15542888 \par }}